Mental Health Technician
Company: Comhar Inc.
Location: Philadelphia
Posted on: February 1, 2025
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Job Description:
Description:***Effective October 15, 2021, all
employees/contractors/interns/volunteers are required to provide
our office with proof of COVID vaccination.
Mental Health Technician Pay Rate:$17.00/HR
Mental Health Technician Shifts:
Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your career while
working with an extraordinary team? COMHAR is a nonprofit
community-based organization. Our mission is to provide health and
human services that empower individuals, families and communities
to live healthier, self-determined lives. We are seeking Mental
Health Technicians to join our team at our program.
COMHAR's Long Term Structured Residences (LTSR) are located in
Philadelphia and Northampton Counties. These therapeutic programs
are designed to provide 24/7 residential and intensive treatment
supports for adults with a variety of psychiatric and health
related needs. Individuals requiring this level of care have access
to a variety of services including individual and group therapies,
psychiatric evaluation, crisis intervention, peer support,
psychiatric rehabilitation and medication management. The
multidisciplinary treatment team is comprised of staff that
includes a psychiatrist, mental health professionals, licensed
nurses, peer specialists, and direct care staff. Services are
delivered both on-site and in natural community settings to
maximize learning opportunities. Our focus is to assist individuals
in developing skills, increasing their independence and stabilizing
their psychiatric and physical health symptoms with the goal of
moving into lesser structured settings.
We are seeking Full-Time and Part-Time Mental Health Technician to
join our Intensive Behavioral Health Services program in
Philadelphia, PA. The Mental Health Technician works from a
recovery framework within the team providing individual supportive
counseling and psychoeducational groups using therapeutic
interventions (evidenced based practices preferred), cultural
competence and trauma informed care to help individuals obtain
their recovery goals. Our Mental Health Technicians provides
counseling to individual clients, implements and monitors treatment
of clients, and monitors individual and group social skills.
While performing the duties of this job, the Mental Health
Technician is regularly required to talk or hear others and
accurately interpret speech and sounds. Frequently required to
stand; walk; climb and descend stairs. Required to use hands and
arms to reach, hold and carry objects. Required to operate a motor
vehicle on a regular basis and assist consumers when entering and
exiting vehicles. Required to sit; stand, maintain balance;
occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Vision requirements
include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral
vision, depth perception & ability to adjust optical focus for
reading, driving, general observation and for all safety needs.
Mental Health Technician Travel Requirements:
Full Time Employees are eligible for generous benefit options
including but not limited to:
We are proud to be an EEO employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free
workplace. COMHAR, Inc. is a not-for-profit community based health
and human service organization founded in 1975. We do not
discriminate in services or employment on the basis of race, color,
religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation,
gender identity, age, disability, past or present receipt of
disability-related services or supports, marital status, veteran
status, or any other class of persons protected by federal, state
or local law.
Compensation details: 17-17 Hourly Wage
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Keywords: Comhar Inc., East Orange , Mental Health Technician, Healthcare , Philadelphia, New Jersey
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